Pisces

See also: pisces

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Aquarius		Aries
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Etymology

From Latin piscēs, the nominative plural of piscis (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪsiːz/, /ˈpɪsiːz/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsiːz

Proper noun

Pisces (symbol ♓︎)

2. (astronomy) The Fish, a Greco-Roman constellation of the zodiac named for its presumed resemblance to a pair of fish
4. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the fish, supposed to be ruled by Neptune and to influence events occurring between February 20 and March 20 (tropical) or, less often, between March 15 and April 14 (sidereal).

Derived terms

• Piscean
• Piscium

 

Translations

constellation

• Albanian: Peshqit
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْحُوت m (burj al-ḥūt), اَلْحُوت m (al-ḥūt)
• Armenian: Ձկներ (Jkner)
• Azerbaijani: Balıqlar
• Breton: Pesked m pl
• Bulgarian: Ри́би pl (Ríbi)
• Catalan: Peixos (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙魚座 / 双鱼座 (zh) (Shuāngyúzuò)

• Cornish: an Puskes
• Czech: Ryby (cs)
• Danish: Fiskene
• Dutch: Vissen (nl)
• Esperanto: Fiŝoj
• Estonian: Kalad
• Finnish: Kalat (fi)
• French: Poissons (fr) m pl
• Georgian: (ťevzi) თევზი (ka) (tevzi)
• German: Fische (de) m pl
• Greek: Ιχθύες (el) m pl (Ichthýes)

  Ancient: Ἰχθύες m pl (Ikhthúes)

• Hebrew: דָּגִים (he) (dagím)
• Hindi: मीन (hi) m (mīn), मत्स्य (hi) m (matsya)
• Hungarian: Halak (hu)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} fiskar n pl, ^{(please verify)} fiskarnir n pl
• Irish: na hÉisc m pl
• Italian: Pesci (it) m pl
• Japanese: 魚座 (ja) (うおざ, uoza)
• Kazakh: Балықтар (Balyqtar)
• Korean: 물고기자리 (Mulgogijari)
• Latin: Pisces (la) m pl
• Latvian: Zivis
• Lithuanian: Žuvys (lt)
• Macedonian: Ри́би f pl (Ríbi)
• Malay: Ikan, Hut, Pises
• Maltese: Ħut
• Manx: ny Yeeastyn m pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Fiskene (no) m pl

  Nynorsk: Fiskane (no) m pl

• Occitan: Peishs m pl
• Ottoman Turkish: ماهی (mahi)
• Persian: برج حوت (borj-e howt)
• Polish: Ryby (pl) pl
• Portuguese: (Portugal) Pisces (pt) m pl, (Brazil) Peixes (pt) m pl
• Romanian: Pești (ro)
• Russian: Ры́бы (ru) f pl (Rýby)
• Sanskrit: मीन (sa) m (mīna), मत्स्य (sa) m (matsya)
• Scottish Gaelic: na h-Iasgan m pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Рибе f pl

  Roman: Ribe f pl

• Slovak: (súhvezdie) Ryby pl
• Slovene: Ríbi (sl) f du
• Spanish: Piscis (es) m pl
• Swedish: Fiskarna (sv)
• Tagalog: Isda, Pisis
• Telugu: మీనరాశి (te) (mīnarāśi), మీనము (te) (mīnamu), మీనం (te) (mīnaṁ)
• Thai: กลุ่มดาวปลา (glòom daao bplaa)
• Turkish: Balık (tr)
• Ukrainian: Риби (Ryby)
• Urdu: مین m (mīn)
• Vietnamese: Cung song ngư
• Welsh: y Pysgod

astrological sign

• Afrikaans: Visse pl
• Albanian: Peshqit m pl
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْحُوت m (burj al-ḥūt), اَلْحُوت m (al-ḥūt)
• Armenian: Ձկներ (Jkner)
• Asturian: Piscis, Pexes
• Azerbaijani: Balıqlar
• Bashkir: Балыҡ (Balıq)
• Breton: Pesked m pl
• Bulgarian: Ри́би pl (Ríbi)
• Burmese: မိန် (my) (min)
• Catalan: Peixos (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙魚座 / 双鱼座 (zh) (shuāngyúzuò)

• Cornish: an Puskes
• Czech: Ryby (cs) f pl
• Danish: Fiskene
• Estonian: Kalad
• Finnish: Kalat (fi)
• French: Poissons (fr)
• Georgian: თევზები pl (tevzebi)
• German: Fische (de) m pl
• Greek: Ιχθύες (el) m pl (Ichthýes)

  Ancient: Ἰχθύες m pl (Ikhthúes)

• Hebrew: דָּגִים (he) (dagím)
• Hindi: मीन (hi) m (mīn), मत्स्य (hi) m (matsya)
• Hungarian: Halak (hu)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} fiskarnir n pl
• Irish: na hÉisc m pl
• Italian: Pesci (it) m pl
• Japanese: 魚座 (ja) (うおざ, uoza)
• Kazakh: Балықтар (Balyqtar)
• Korean: 쌍어궁(雙魚宮) (ko) (Ssang'eogung)
• Khmer: មីនា (km) (miinaa)
• Latin: Pisces (la) m pl
• Lithuanian: Žuvys (lt) f pl
• Luxembourgish: Fësch (lb) m pl
• Macedonian: риби f pl (ribi)
• Malay: Ikan, Hut, Pises
• Maltese: Ħut
• Manx: ny Yeeastyn m pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Fiskene (no) m pl

  Nynorsk: Fiskane (no) m pl

• Occitan: Peishs m pl
• Ottoman Turkish: ماهی (mahi)
• Persian: ماهی (fa) (mâhi)
• Polish: Ryby (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: (Portugal) Pisces (pt) m pl, (Brazil) Peixes (pt) m pl
• Romanian: Pești (ro) m pl
• Russian: Ры́бы (ru) f pl (Rýby)
• Sanskrit: मीन (sa) m (mīna), मत्स्य (sa) m (matsya)
• Scottish Gaelic: na h-Iasgan m pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Рибе f pl

  Roman: Ribe f pl

• Slovene: Ríbi (sl) f du
• Spanish: Piscis (es) m pl
• Swahili: Hutu (sw), Samaki
• Swedish: Fiskarna (sv) c pl
• Tagalog: Isda, Pisis
• Telugu: మీనరాశి (te) (mīnarāśi), మీనము (te) (mīnamu), మీనం (te) (mīnaṁ)
• Thai: มีน (th) (miin)
• Turkish: Balık (tr)
• Ukrainian: Риби (Ryby)

See also

• Alrisha
• Piscis Austrinus

Noun

Pisces (plural Pisces)

1. Someone with a Pisces astrological sign.

Antonyms

• Virgo

Translations

Someone with a Pisces star sign

• Bulgarian: риба (bg) (riba)
• Catalan: peixos (ca) m or f, pisces (ca) m or f
• Danish: fisk (da) c
• Estonian: kalad
• French: Poisson (fr)
• Hungarian: halak (hu) pl
• Macedonian: риба (mk) f (riba)
• Norwegian: fisk (no) m
• Portuguese: pisciano
• Russian: ры́ба (ru) f (rýba)
• Spanish: piscis m or f
• Ukrainian: риба (uk) (ryba)

See also

Zodiac signs in English · zodiac (layout · text)
Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer
Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio
Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces

Anagrams

• Spices, spices

Latin

Etymology

From the plural form of piscis (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.keːs/, [ˈpɪs̠keːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiʃ.ʃes/, [ˈpiʃːes]

Proper noun

Piscēs m pl (genitive Piscium); third declension

1. the Fishes, Pisces (constellation)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

	plural
nominative	Piscēs
genitive	Piscium
dative	Piscibus
accusative	Piscēs Piscīs
ablative	Piscibus
vocative	Piscēs

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Piscēs.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.sis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.siʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ses/

Proper noun

Pisces m pl (Brazil)

1. (astronomy, astrology) Pisces (constellation)
2. (astrology) Pisces (astrological sign)

Synonyms

• Peixes